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Antony and Cleopatra

Act III, Scene 5

The same. Another room.
 
[Enter DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS and EROS, meeting]
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
How now friend Eros?
 
EROS
There's strange news come sir.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
What man?
 
EROS
Caesar and Lepidus have made wars upon Pompey.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
This is old, what is the success?
 
EROS
Caesar having made use of him in the wars against Pompey: presently denied him rivality, would not let him partake in the glory of the action, and not resting here, accuses him of letters he had formerly wrote to Pompey. Upon his own appeal seizes him, so the poor third is up, till death enlarge his confine.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
Then would thou hast a pair of chaps no more, and throw between them all the food thou hast, they'll grind the one the other. Where's Antony?
 
EROS
             ,       ,        ,        ,           ,
      He's walk|ing in | the gard|en thus,| and spurns
            ,         ,      ,         ,     ,     ,
      The rush that lies before him. Cries Fool Lepidus, ????
             ,             ,          ,         ,    ,
      And threats | the throat | of that | his of|ficer,
            ,         ,
      That murd|ered Pom|pey.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
                                      ,    ,         ,
                              Our / great na|vy's rigged.
 
EROS
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      For It|aly and | Caesar,| more Do|mitius,  ??
           ,        ,           ,      ,        ,
      My lord | desires | you pres|ently:| my news
          ,            ,         ,
      I might | have told | hereaft|er.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
'Twill be naught, but let it be: bring me to Antony.
 
EROS
Come sir.
 
[Exeunt]

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